Sailing

Laurie Fullerton, the Current’s sailing reporter, published her first novel, “Side Launch,” last summer — little knowing it would become an international sensation of sorts. The book follows a journalist who moves to the fictional Maine town of Clydebank to write for a local newspaper. There, she stumbles upon a ramshackle shipyard and meets a local man determined to build a 70-foot wooden schooner using traditional shipbuilding techniques long forgotten by most. Since the novel’s release, Fullerton’s friends, neighbors and even her Marblehead High School…

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming days. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current Editor Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org. Jazz at the ArtsThursday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. The Marblehead Arts Association and Gene Arnould present Debby Larkin and the Jeff Stout Quintet as a part of a Jazz at the Arts concert series. Doors at 8 Hooper St. open at 6:30 p.m. There will be a cash bar. Tickets, $35, can be purchased at marbleheadarts.org or the Arnould Gallery, 111…